On 3/31/2015 at 3:12 PM, bpilati said:

The registry snapshot is wrong, notice all the names beginning with "J"? Row 469 is my car, and my name ain't John Connors.

I searched back in the "How Close Are Our VIN's" thread, and found that @rdefabri posted a spreadsheet file on page 7, although I always thought @MikeW created and/or maintained said spreadsheet. My how time flies.... Dang, should have locked in my $0.03/day life insurance back then..... MY spreadsheet file is dated 2/8/2006, so I am guessing that it was from what was posted.... The spreadsheet I have is only 116 entries..

It was actually sad for me to re-visit that thread, so many members I recall that were active back in the day that haven't been heard from since... @Zrush

Edited January 27, 20196 yr by wal280z
clarification in bold

On 1/27/2019 at 4:17 PM, wal280z said:

I searched back in the "How Close Are Our VIN's" thread, and found that @rdefabri posted a spreadsheet file on page 7, although I always thought @MikeW created and/or maintained said spreadsheet. My how time flies.... Dang, should have locked in my $0.03/day life insurance back then..... MY spreadsheet file is dated 2/8/2006, so I am guessing that it was from what was posted.... The spreadsheet I have is only 116 entries..

It was actually sad for me to re-visit that thread, so many members I recall that were active back in the day that haven't been heard from since... @Zrush

I'm still around, mostly lurking.  I no longer own my '72 240Z, and I've also since sold my '84 Ferrari 308.  It's been a bumpy ride over the years, but I still poke around from time to time.

HLS30-56539, build date 11/71, engine L24-069273, automatic transmission, 114 brown metallic. Interior was originally tan (more like orange) but was changed to all black by the previous owner.

Original paint, 77,000 original miles. It came with the original wheels and hubcaps.

I’ve owned this car since 1992.

Edited August 10, 20222 yr by Racer X

HLS30-41924, build date 8/71. This Z has been a race car since 1989, I bought it in 1989. Originally red, the car had been painted many times. I stripped it to the bare shell, bare metal, removed the bolt in roll bar and built a full cage. Refinished in 1985 Corvette red, and Mercedes grey.
 

It has done well, running ICSCC and SCCA meets in the Pacific Northwet, and Thunderhill twice. I was Conference Production E champion in 1997.

The car is currently awaiting a fresh engine.

 

2 hours ago, Racer X said:

HLS30-41924, build date 8/71. This Z has been a race car since 1989, I bought it in 1989. Originally red, the car had been painted many times. I stripped it to the bare shell, bare metal, removed the bolt in roll bar and built a full cage. Refinished in 1985 Corvette red, and Mercedes grey.

Looks like a '76 280Z chassis, what's the story behind that?

1 hour ago, rturbo 930 said:

Looks like a '76 280Z chassis, what's the story behind that?

You’re pretty observant.

Yes, there was some mixing and matching to correct the previous ten years of thrashing the car had prior to my acquisition. I had a 280 chassis that gave up it’s core so the 71 could live.

Just posting as a curiosity...

Looking to try and find out whatever happened to my old '71 Z.  She was sold to a fellow club member (Newt Zane of ZSport of San Antonio) back in 2008: VIN #18684.  He used to stop by the house every once in awhile to allow me some "visitation'!  I've since lost track of him and was just wondering where she might have ended up at.

 

She and I spent 15 years together, 8 of those years being a very long & slow restoration process.  It's like losing contact with one of your kids and you just want to make sure that they're alright.